I know that a lot of recipes around the blog world (mine lately included) often have strange, hard to find ingredients like almond flour and chia seeds. Well, there was certainly nothing like that where I was staying, so as long as you actually have food in your kitchen, you can make these muff…cakes?

They were called muffins in the recipe I adapted, but when you add the frosting they feel more cupcake-like. Hence, muffcakes…

Someone get me a better name, STAT.

Anyway, I absolutely love how SATISFYING these are! You aren’t going to get any of that airy-fairy business here, nor that feeling after demolishing twelve that you could still handle a few more. One (or two) are perfectly enough for me thanks to the generous amount of dark chocolate.

Chocolate is always a good idea, right?

There’s a secret ingredient in the frosting as well that takes them over the edge.

In a saucepan, bring 2 tbsp water, honey and vanilla to a boil then remove from heat

Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form.

Pour warm syrup in, and beat until stiff peaks form.

Divide amongst muffins and top with the grated chocolate!

Note: This recipe said that it made twelve servings, but we ended up with approximately sixty. I haven’t experimented with a reduced version yet, but I would reccomend either planning to bake a LOT, freezing some or halving the recipe.

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7 thoughts on “Double Chocolate Muffin-Cupcakes + Healthy Frosting!”

I’m with ya on baking and blogging being up there as the most important things in life haha ;). That’s what vacation is meant for! Mhmm any sort of cross between a muffin and a cupcake sounds juuust fine to me haha. STUFF ONE IN MY MOUTH PLEASEEEE!!! 😉

Grated chocolate in the batter must give these an incredible indulgent ‘feel’..yum! I get you on “craving my kind of desserts”..always the case with me when I enjoy a few days of the high sugar stuff.
An all time favorite dessert (which I’m always singing about) is Peppermint Crisp/Caramel fridge tart 🙂

Omigosh these look so good! I have to admit, I’ve been frustrated lately because I don’t own flax/chia/protein powder/almond flour, so it’s awesome that all of these ingredients are easy to find. THANK YOU!